Rushing Water

Emmi Whitehorse, a Navajo artist, blends abstraction with references to Navajo cosmology in large mixed-media paintings. Her work reflects her deep connection to the landscape of the American Southwest. She has described it as being “about . . . land, about being aware of our surroundings and appreciating the beauty of nature.” In Rushing Water, markings that evoke water are blended with a reddish palette suggestive of the New Mexico desert.